New cinema camera...?

[Emanuel]

...by GoPro based on GP3*-powered devices (coming soon)

 

 

 

 

 

 

*5-nanometer System-on-a-Chip (SoC)

 

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[newfoundmass]

I don't think this makes it a cinema camera...

[Emanuel]

6 hours ago, newfoundmass said:

I don't think this makes it a cinema camera...

Surely not ; ) But, it's something people out there do wonder about, y'all know?

Here's just one (and finest) example — do not kill the messenger! : D I know this forum (or a few of you to be more precise ; ) loves to underestimate or undermine these insignificant devices...

but I really also wonder if... it's not time for a change?

What do you guys think? : )

Simon Wyndham's input (part of Alister Chapman's circle / aka Mr. XDCAM = given his Sony connection back in those early days)

 

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[zerocool22]

All these stills look great though.

[PPNS]

lovely images for sure

[Emanuel]

 

[eatstoomuchjam]

Like with anything, it's best not to get too revved up over the hype and wait until there are actual cameras around to check out.  GoPro are, of course, hiring professionals and cherry picking the very best footage/images that any of them captured.

Otherwise, the concept of using an action camera ASIC in a cinema camera isn't new - it was exactly the strategy with the Z Cam E1.  Since then, action cameras have advanced a lot, thankfully.  Similarly, the Z Cam E2 series used/uses an off the shelf Hisense board, though that one was intended for higher-end security cams/consumer cameras and not action cameras.